Chapter 35: Where did it go?

"Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Han Feng. I am the leader of the Fifth Division of the Awakened Special Support Team at the Investigation Bureau. I came here hoping you could help us recreate what happened yesterday evening at the scene. I was wondering if you have any free time now."
One of the investigators saluted Li Sheng and reported his professional title to prove that he was not idle and bored, but needed someone to accompany him to the restroom.
"Has there been a problem in the investigation?"
Mr. Li asked, "Why would he come in such a hurry early in the morning?" There is only one possibility. He got rejected last night and needs to find the person to clarify the unclear information over the phone.
Yes.
Han Feng nodded silently, didn't say anything else, because there were a few idle people nearby, so he couldn't reveal too much.
Li Sheng looked at Lao Li, saw that he agreed, and followed them to the train station. Along the way, the three of them didn't communicate anymore. Li Sheng could clearly feel the deep arrogance in their hearts, as well as the sense of excellence that arose from being different from others.
Li Sheng is just an ordinary person, how can they communicate with him proactively.
……
At the train station, Li Sheng was brought here again by the two investigators, and the outside has been surrounded by isolation belts, making it difficult for casual people to enter.
"Comrade, we have roughly understood the situation, but the investigations conducted last night revealed some discrepancies with the information you reported, which hindered the investigation process."
Han Feng pointed to the last carriage of the train and continued,
"In the report you submitted, it was stated that the source radiation level in the last carriage of the train is very high, but the values we detected are not even up to 0.5."
Sometimes, a small number of ordinary investigators may take shortcuts to achieve their performance goals by falsely reporting cases of missing persons as being caused by supernatural phenomena. Even if there is no such evidence, they can conveniently shift the blame if the case has a long time span, and it is certain that their achievements have been mixed up.
"Less than 0.5? What about the bridge hole?"
"The same, it's only about 0.8 there, always in a dark corner, and this value is very normal."
Hearing this news, Li Sheng was a little surprised. They had just measured such a high value last night, but now it was only this low when someone else measured it.
"May I ask when you arrived at the scene?"
This question made Han Feng somewhat displeased, but he still answered:
"We arrived within the fifth minute after you reported, and if the value is above 10, even till this morning, it should still be around 8."
'Could it be that my detector is broken? It's unlikely, because Lao Li's detector also showed the same result. It's impossible for both of them to be broken.'
While Li Sheng was contemplating, he suddenly noticed a strange pattern on the right side of the train car, which was not there last night.
The center of it looks like it has been filled with ink, adorned with dark patterns, surrounded by indescribable traces of meaning, and hung with five circular arcs, as if waiting to be filled.
‘The guy who drew the pattern on this is probably the culprit behind the sudden drop in values. He came right after we left and tampered with it to deceive the awakened ones’ judgment.’
"I did not see this pattern last night, could the sudden drop in values be related to this?"
As Li Sheng pondered, he pointed to the pattern on the carriage and said to the two people. However, their reactions were quite surprising, and Han Feng looked at the carriage in doubt, asking back:
"What pattern? I didn't see any pattern. Are you sure there's something on here?"
"Didn't see it? Such a big pattern, are you blind? Wait, no, I can't see it..."
Li Sheng activates "Heaven's Sight" and discovers that the pattern is floating in the air, emitting a faint white light, which is drawn by some mysterious power.
"So, it's normal for others not to see it, but it's not appropriate for me, an 'ordinary person,' to see it. It seems like I'll have to come up with a lie. However, I didn't activate Heaven's Sight just now, so it's strange that I can still see this pattern..."
Li Sheng couldn't understand the mystery behind it, but luckily as an envoy of God, he had thick skin. Suddenly he noticed a childlike doodle underneath the pattern and without blushing or skipping a beat, he blurted out.
"Oh, my bad, this graffiti was already here before, sorry, I was being impatient, trying to prove myself.
After saying that, he awkwardly scratched his head, looking like an honest guy.
'Which child is so naughty to graffiti on this? It's really helpful.'
Upon hearing Li Sheng's words, Han Feng still felt something was wrong and, under the gaze of the other party's "Heaven's Vision," he concentrated his gaze on the carriage but still found nothing.
Now, he no longer thinks something is wrong, he just feels that he is too sensitive. If he, an awakened person, can't see it, how can an ordinary person see it clearly? Just suspecting that someone is hiding something is simply absurd. Isn't it great for an awakened person to be admired by others?
At this moment, Han Feng's strength in Li Sheng's heart was classified as the lowest level of Awakening, probably only at the first level.
'Ha, even with all their strength focused, they still can't see clearly. What kind of Awakening is this? They are even worse than an ordinary person like me.'
"Let's not dwell on this anymore, judging by your expression, it doesn't seem like you're deceiving us for the sake of performance, and moreover, the staff above did indeed disappear suddenly, suggesting a high possibility of cult involvement. Now tell us about the information that was not mentioned on the phone."
After being an awakened person for a long time, Han Feng has become quite experienced. Regardless of whether the other party is lying or not, he always puts pressure on them first. By doing so, when asking for their cooperation, the other party will be more willing to fully cooperate with you, and this method has been proven effective repeatedly.
Li Sheng thought for a moment and already had a general understanding of the situation, but revealing the details of the pattern directly would only invite trouble.
It was certain that elemental materials were involved in this case... After careful consideration, Li Sheng could only reply:
"I have already said everything that needs to be said over the phone. I don't know why the conversion values on the right side are generally higher than on the left, but none of them exceed 1. Does this information help you?"
"Yes, this can determine the behavioral characteristics of the source material, which may be only able to move to the right. Why wasn't this mentioned before?"
Han Feng nodded and then asked back.
Li Sheng helplessly said, "It was because I didn't think it was useful at the time, so I didn't mention it."
"Are there any other pieces of intelligence that you previously discovered but didn't mention?"
"No, there aren't any. However, I have a hypothesis - numbers don't lie, but now they have suddenly dropped. Could it be that there is something or someone intentionally erasing the traces and hiding some hidden secrets that we don't know about?"
Suddenly, Li Sheng remembered the news he had seen this morning and, combining all the information he knew, said:
"This morning I saw news about this train. Three years ago, there was a precedent of missing persons on this train."
"Well, we also investigated this last night and collected a large amount of information about this train, but at that time the nature of the case was classified as a regular one, so there wasn't much detailed recording."
'So they have also conducted investigations. They have collected more comprehensive information than me. I really shouldn't underestimate them.'
'Lisheng truly has no more information to offer now. Han Feng saw that he stopped talking and knew that there was no unclear content left.'
This result was somewhat disappointing to him, as there was no substantial progress made throughout the entire inquiry.
"One purpose of inviting you here this time is to ask for your cooperation in reconstructing the scene from last night,"
"Recreate the scene... no problem."
"Hmm, I will act as a bait and stand in the back carriage, while you stand in your previous position and observe the changes in my body. Is that alright?"
Hearing what Han Feng said, Li Sheng felt a deep respect for him. Despite looking down on ordinary people, Han Feng did not let them take risks and chose to do it himself. This point greatly impressed Li Sheng, and he immediately agreed.
Later, Han Feng asked another team member to drive the train, while he himself stood on the back car of the train. Li Sheng initially sat inside the train and drove for a while, then got off the train at the bridge tunnel. He ran up to the top and signaled to Han Feng and the others that he was ready.
"Boom~ Wuu wuu wuu"
The train started again, with Han Feng standing at the end, looking serious and tense. He tightly grasped the railing next to him, and after passing through the tunnel...
Li Sheng found Han Feng on the back carriage of the train.
It turns out it's not so easy to lure the Source Creature out... Li Sheng didn't expect this attempt to be successful, otherwise wouldn't the Source Creature be a brainless idiot?
"Can't we? Hey, what's the difference between then and now, apart from time?"
Han Feng shouted loudly to Li Sheng.
"What difference is there? Li Sheng hesitated for a second, then shouted loudly as well:
"He waved at me, but not at you."
Then, the other person also clearly froze for a moment.
'Is this also considered parting ways?'
But it's better than doing nothing, so Han Feng did it again. This time, he waved to Li Sheng, and after passing through the bridge tunnel, he still didn't disappear.
It seems that it's still not working... Han Feng muttered in his heart. He looked up, wanting to call Li Sheng down and continue in the evening.
However, when he looked up, he found that Li Sheng was gone.
Hmm??? What's going on?